CROA/UW Opportunities

2024-2025 Fire Department Grants for Innovative Co-Response Programs

The University of Washington School of Social Work, in collaboration with the Co-Responder Outreach Alliance, is pleased to announce the availability of eight fire department innovation grants for the delivery of co-response services. The purpose of these grants is to encourage the development of fire-based co-response programs within the emergency response system, bringing together critical, multi-disciplinary approaches to address complex medical and behavioral health needs in the field, and to spur innovation in key areas to strengthen Washington’s crisis care continuum. The intent of these grants is also to pilot high-quality training for firefighters and EMS personnel who currently lack a systemic approach to prepare them to work with individuals experiencing behavioral health needs. RFQ and application questions are available here.

Grant Information and Listening Session

February 8, 2024
2024 CROA Retreat for Washington State Co-Response Teams

Please join us on April 19 for the second annual co-response team retreat at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture. Information about our agenda and sponsorship opportunities here.

*February 15th Update: Tickets are sold out.  Click here to join the waitlist.

Sponsors 

Training Opportunities

Snohomish County EMS Community Care Summit

Where: Everett, WA
When: March 27, 2024
Registration: Link here

About:

Snohomish County EMS is pleased to announce a Community Care Summit on Wednesday, March 27 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Funded by a grant from the North Region EMS & Trauma Care Council and hosted by SCEMS, the summit will be held at Everett Community College’s Henry M. Jackson Hall. 
 
We aim to bring together co-responders from Snohomish, Skagit, San Juan, Island, and Whatcom Counties, as well as regional social service agencies, to facilitate knowledge sharing, brainstorming, and networking among organizations that currently provide – or hope to provide – community outreach services. A dynamic day of panel discussions, round table exercises, and networking is planned.
 
Please share the attached flyer with your outreach personnel, Community Resource Paramedics, co-responders, or anyone motivated to explore alternative solutions to support community health. This event is FREE for all attendees and some prehospital continuing education credit will be offered. Coffee and water will be available on-site; however, attendees should be prepared with a bag lunch to maximize networking opportunities.  
 
Register on Eventbrite by clicking the link below. Updates and the event agenda are forthcoming and will be posted in the SCEMS Newsletter and through Eventbrite to registered attendees. Please contact info@snocountyems.org with questions or to suggest service organizations you believe should be included.
 
We look forward to seeing you there!
 
P.S. If your agency is interested in supporting this FREE event by contributing materials, providing beverages or snacks, or helping ensure participant comfort, please contact info@snocountyems.org. 

National Co-responder Conference (CORCON)

Where: Omaha, NE
When: June 9-12, 2024
Registration: https://www.coresponderalliance.org/CoRCon

About: Currently accepting presentation proposals at website above.

 

2024 International Deflection & Pre-Arrest Diversion Summit

Where: Seattle, WA
When: October 29-November 1, 2024
Registration: https://ptaccollaborative.org/conference/

About: We are very excited to announce the 2024 International PTACC Training Summit! Network with first responders, community organization colleagues and treatment partners in the field of deflection and pre-arrest diversion over four (4) days of training, inspiration, learning, and connecting. To get the early bird discounted summit rate, please register by June 30th and book your accommodations now while space remains!

Funding Opportunities

AWC Grant

The third round of the Association of Washington Cities’ (AWC) Alternative Response Team Grant (ARTG) Program opens on Monday, March 11. An informational meeting will be held on Thursday, March 7 at 10 am. Interested parties can register for the meeting using this link.

The meeting will be recorded and made available on AWC’s website.

The ARTG Program is funded by the Washington State Operating Budget through the Health Care Authority (HCA). AWC manages the grant in partnership with HCA. The purpose of the ARTG Program is to provide funding to cities to create new programs within different alternative response models including law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD), community assistance referral and education services (CARES), and mobile crisis teams.

BJA GRANT: Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training 

Website: here

The Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) Program supports improved law enforcement engagement with people in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries to achieve safe outcomes for all individuals in the community.

The program supports the design and use of best practice training approaches and tools, such as the implementation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA’s) national Crisis Response and Intervention Training curriculum, to increase understanding of behavioral health conditions and disabilities, navigate community resources, and improve de-escalation skills within the applicant organization and among patrol and facility-based staff.

Eligible Applicants:

State governments
City or township governments
Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education (with on-campus police departments, public or state-controlled hospitals with on-campus police departments)
County governments
Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities (with public safety/peace officers or campus police)
Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
Other: Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state

 

SAMHSA GAINS Center

SAMHSA GAINS Center Learning Collaborative for Creating and Enhancing Community-Level Partnerships Among First Responders and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs)SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Criminal Justice Learning Collaboratives (prainc.com) (a year-long learning/implementation cohort). Funds available for “establishing and strengthening partnerships among law enforcement and other first responder entities and CCBHCs at the local level, with a focus on providing first law enforcement-friendly options for addressing the acute needs of people who are in mental health crises.”

WASPC Mental Health Field Response Grant

The Mental Health Field Response (MHFR) grant program was formed in 2018 with the passage of HB 2892. Codified in RCW 36.28A.440, the purpose of the program is to assist local law enforcement to establish and/or expand mental health field response capabilities, utilizing mental health professionals (MHPs) to professionally, humanely, and safely respond to crises involving persons with behavioral health issues with treatment, diversion, and to reduce incarceration. WASPC originally awarded funds for the 2023-2025 biennium in July 2023 and has a small amount of unallocated funds available. 

WASPC Arrest and jail alternatives grant

The Arrest and Jail Alternatives (AJA) grant program was formed in 2019 with the passage of SB 1767. Codified in RCW 36.28A.450, the program supports local initiatives to properly identify criminal justice system-involved persons with substance use disorders and other behavioral health needs and engage them with therapeutic interventions and other services. WASPC originally awarded funds for the 2023-2025 biennium in July 2023 and has a small amount of unallocated funds available. 

BJA FY24 Justice and Mental health collaboration Program

The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) supports innovative cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Through the FY 2024 JMHCP funding opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance provides grant funding to help organizations prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target people who qualify.

JMHCP awards will have a focus on pretrial, prosecution, courts, probation/parole, and addressing the needs directly related to the criminal activity of adults with mental health conditions, living in homelessness or marginalized communities with minimal access to treatment, needing wrap around services, in the criminal justice system and leaving incarceration.

If you are interested in applying here are some additional resources.

NIJ FY24 Research and Evaluation on 911, Alternative Hotlines, and Alternative Responder Models

NIJ seeks research and evaluation proposals on the ability of 911 and alternative, three-digit service numbers (e.g., 311, 211, 988) to assess public service and safety needs and respond to them safely, efficiently, effectively, and equitably.

This includes research on new methods and technologies to support effective and equitable responses to public calls for service, such as training and operating procedures of call takers and dispatchers to ensure accurate and unbiased coding, priority assessment, and dispatch decisions. It also includes evaluations of the public’s knowledge and use of alternative three-digit service numbers and the degree to which alternative numbers receive and adequately address the types of calls they are intended to divert from 911.

This solicitation also invites proposals to evaluate the effectiveness of models that employ non-sworn first responders in partnership with, or as an alternative to, police response or enforcement.

In addition, NIJ invites proposals that evaluate alternative traffic enforcement models, including changes in types of traffic violations sworn officers enforce and new measures to employ non-sworn personnel for traffic violations.
REVIEW SOLICITATION

Application Instructions

Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each step with its own deadline:

Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov.
Grants.gov Deadline: April 30, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET
Submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants.
JustGrants Deadline: May 14, 2024 at 8:59 p.m. ET

Applicants must register with Grants.gov and JustGrants prior to submitting an application.

This solicitation is competitive; therefore, NIJ staff cannot have individual conversations with prospective applicants. Any questions concerning the solicitation should be submitted to the OJP Response Center: 800-851-3420; TTY at 301-240-6310 (for hearing impaired only); or email grants@ncjrs.gov. See also NIJ’s solicitation FAQ webpage.

The following application elements must be included in the application to meet the basic minimum requirements to advance to peer review and receive consideration for funding:

SF-424 and SF-LLL (in Grants.gov).
Proposal Narrative (in JustGrants).
Budget Web-Based Form, which includes the budget details and the budget narrative (in JustGrants).
Curriculum Vitae/Resumes for Key Personnel. (For purposes of this solicitation, “key personnel” means the principal investigator, and any and all co-principal investigators.)

 

Other Opportunities

If you have new opportunities to share with our members, please email CROAWA@gmail.com. 

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